Veins!

There has been a thread about ugly veins with pics of this guy:

and although most women looking at bodybuilding pics usually quickly say urrrrgghhhhhh look at the veins!!, us hardcore fans know that it is usually a sigh of being in shape and can actually look good.

The younger guys around here might not know anything about vascularity with Cutler being the Mr Olympia for so long, but usually the first think you see when you start dropping the fat is the veins that start "popping" out.

"Looking up at goals once only found in my dreams can only make me think of those who looked down upon those dreams. The only time you should ever look down upon another person, is when you are extending a hand to lift them up." - kai greene

"Looking up at goals once only found in my dreams can only make me think of those who looked down upon those dreams. The only time you should ever look down upon another person, is when you are extending a hand to lift them up." - kai greene

I think the vascularity of the first guy actually detracts from his physique and this coming from someone who get more vascular than super separated.

For me personally, levels of vascularity and how veins flow through a body are a big part of how appealing a physique looks. Guys like Evan, Phil, and Levrone have ideal vascularity. It doesn't detract from the physique, but is enough to make them look nasty.

I, like any other bodybuilder like and appreciate good vascularity. But his is not apealing at all. I think veins can make a physique look better, in his case they make his physique look worst. The Rich Gaspari pic is a good example of extreme vascularity looking good. Who ever mentioned Jay Cutler... On stage vascularity means very little. Yeah its cool to see Ronnies massive vein on his biceps, but judges dont really care as long as the separation is crisp. Jays capped delts, deep abs, and always striated quads more than make up for his lack of vascularity.